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Title: MotoGoosy's "Did You Know" merged threadfest...
Post by: MotoGoosy on March 19, 2015, 06:43:38 PM
That Moto Guzzi developed the first wind tunnel for motorcycles?  No, you didn't know that.  I have to tell ya everything.
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Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 19, 2015, 06:45:27 PM
Did you know that Saddam is dead?  ;D
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Post by: Tom on March 19, 2015, 06:48:56 PM
and......the Moto Guzzi V engine is not a tractor engine.
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Post by: Lannis on March 19, 2015, 06:59:18 PM
Did you know that Saddam is dead?  ;D

... and that September 19, 2014 is now designated as "Troll Day" in and around Wild Guzzi-dom?

Lannis
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Post by: hooah54 on March 19, 2015, 07:01:09 PM
Osama is dead as well...pretty cool about the wind tunnel
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Post by: Markcarovilli on March 19, 2015, 07:02:25 PM
and......the Moto Guzzi V engine is not a tractor engine.
Its not......?

Mark
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Post by: Cage Free on March 19, 2015, 07:06:06 PM
And loud pipes don't really save lives. ;D
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Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 19, 2015, 07:11:07 PM
Its not......?

Mark

Well, duh. It's a ditch pump engine..
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Post by: MotoGoosy on March 19, 2015, 07:14:42 PM
Wanna bet??? Check yer history.  It was originally developed and used in a tractor.  A momomoomoo-something.
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Post by: fotoguzzi on March 19, 2015, 07:15:34 PM
That Moto Guzzi developed the first wind tunnel for motorcycles?  No, you didn't know that.  I have to tell ya everything.
we knew..
Title: Re: MotoGoosy's "Did You Know" merged threadfest...
Post by: LowRyter on March 19, 2015, 07:20:04 PM
I understand that the Guzzi wind tunnel vibrates a lot more than the Harley wind tunnel.
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Post by: Lannis on March 19, 2015, 07:21:30 PM
Nope .

  Dusty

He KNOWS that it wasn't a tractor engine.

Sincerely, The Big Billy Goat Gruff.
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Post by: Guzzistajohn on March 19, 2015, 07:21:55 PM
Don't know about the tractor thing but in the dairy producing regions of Italy they call the bikes Moto-Guernsey ;)
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Post by: fotoguzzi on March 19, 2015, 07:22:52 PM
did you get a new book?

actually the only thing in common with the 3x3 Mule is they both have a 90 degree twin.. the tractor motor was designed by Micucci and the v700 by Carcano and Todero.

so sure I'll bet...


I understand that the Guzzi wind tunnel vibrates a lot more than the Harley wind tunnel.
LOL
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Post by: LowRyter on March 19, 2015, 07:24:23 PM
 ;-T  FG
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Post by: LowRyter on March 19, 2015, 07:26:56 PM
Fringe  ???

LMAO
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Post by: 56Pan on March 19, 2015, 07:28:38 PM
I understand that the Guzzi wind tunnel vibrates a lot more than the Harley wind tunnel.

 :D  :+1
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Post by: Lannis on March 19, 2015, 07:29:21 PM
Fringe  ???

LMAO

The leather streamers hanging off the conchos next to the get-back whip and the skull taillight ....
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Post by: Guzzistajohn on March 19, 2015, 07:31:53 PM
SO friggin' cool
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/fringe_zps9kitghux.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/fringe_zps9kitghux.jpg.html)
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Post by: Markcarovilli on March 19, 2015, 08:05:07 PM
Yeah , like anyone at the MoCo knows what a wind tunnel is  :D Oh , wait , they gotta test all of that fringe  ::)

  Dusty
:bow
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Post by: MotoGoosy on March 19, 2015, 08:35:12 PM
No, really!!!!
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Post by: bib on March 20, 2015, 01:23:42 AM
Much like humans ... the hotter cylinder is at the rear ...
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Post by: MotoGoosy on March 20, 2015, 08:49:52 AM
Read it in CycleWorld's "365 Motorcycles You Must Ride", while sitting in the repair shop yesterday.
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Post by: oldbike54 on March 20, 2015, 09:08:47 AM
Hmm , thinking back to an article in one of the big mags where a famous rock musician was talking about not having any metric tools to work on his
'60S Triumph  ::) They don't always get stuff right , and this is a case of that  :o

  Dusty
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Post by: Rough Edge racing on March 20, 2015, 09:24:38 AM
Hmm , thinking back to an article in one of the big mags where a famous rock musician was talking about not having any metric tools to work on his
'60S Triumph  ::) They don't always get stuff right , and this is a case of that  :o

  Dusty

 But some metric wrenches can be " close enough" for those Whitworthless fasteners... ;)
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Post by: Rough Edge racing on March 20, 2015, 09:36:14 AM
 And Whitworth screw drivers!!!  I have Whitworth wrenches but  my piles are late 60's when they became US sizes...
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Post by: oldbike54 on March 20, 2015, 09:48:26 AM
And Whitworth screw drivers!!!  I have Whitworth wrenches but  my piles are late 60's when they became US sizes...

 Yeah , the gradual move to SAE fasteners was odd , never understood why they didn't just go metric  ??? Damn , I had several disagreements with some ignorant owners when replacing certain pieces on Triumphs in the '70s . "It must be metric , I can't get Whitworth bolts to work" or conversely ,"Why did you buy American nuts for that rocker box ?"  ::) The English used what , 3 or 4 different threads over a 40 year span ? However , to the best of my knowledge , there was only one tractor engine that found its way into a car  ~;

  Dusty
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Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 20, 2015, 10:21:58 AM
  :D :D :D :D

 Self actuating fringe  ;D

  Dusty

Taken on a calm day in Oklahoma..
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Post by: oldbike54 on March 20, 2015, 10:28:52 AM
Taken on a calm day in Oklahoma..

  :D :D :D :D

 Yeah , and lately Oklahoma has been vibrating worse than Indiana . The central Okie HD rider's club hasn't noticed  ~; Hmm , how does one make this emo shake a bit more ?  :bike

  Dusty
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Post by: Rough Edge racing on March 20, 2015, 10:37:24 AM
Yeah , the gradual move to SAE fasteners was odd , never understood why they didn't just go metric  ??? Damn , I had several disagreements with some ignorant owners when replacing certain pieces on Triumphs in the '70s . "It must be metric , I can't get Whitworth bolts to work" or conversely ,"Why did you buy American nuts for that rocker box ?"  ::) The English used what , 3 or 4 different threads over a 40 year span ? However , to the best of my knowledge , there was only one tractor engine that found its way into a car  ~;

  Dusty
Yeah, three different threads types.And there was no consistency on any of if. When messing with older Triumphs I usually Helicoil engine case/ head  thread holes.   Was the tractor engine in Triumph cars?
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Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on March 20, 2015, 10:58:01 AM
Was the tractor engine in Triumph cars?

Some interesting info. here: http://www.mgexp.com/phorum/read.php?1,1381963
Title: Re: MotoGoosy's "Did You Know" merged threadfest...
Post by: MotoGoosy on March 22, 2015, 01:07:55 PM
Moto Guzzi produced a "Magnum Mini Bike" back in the 70's?

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/mcy/4943899917.html
Title: Re: MotoGoosy's "Did You Know" merged threadfest...
Post by: rocker59 on March 22, 2015, 01:17:54 PM
Did you know you could post all your "did you know" random thoughts in one convenient thread?

Well, you do now.  And here it is...
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Post by: rodekyll on March 22, 2015, 01:28:42 PM
Yeah, three different threads types.And there was no consistency on any of if. When messing with older Triumphs I usually Helicoil engine case/ head  thread holes.   Was the tractor engine in Triumph cars?

I had a TR10 with the 850cc tractor engine.
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Post by: Demar on March 22, 2015, 04:17:07 PM
Did you know Moto Guzzi reverses the firing order on all bikes shipped to AU and NZ?
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Post by: Penderic on March 22, 2015, 07:22:26 PM
Say what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opdzllEujPY

O Yeah!
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Post by: youcanrunnaked on March 22, 2015, 07:57:42 PM
Read it in CycleWorld's "365 Motorcycles You Must Ride", while sitting in the repair shop yesterday.

Oh, well, so then it must be true.
/sarcasm